Mather and Smoot win 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel Prize Foundation : The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John C. Mather of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and George F. Smoot of the University of California, Berkeley “for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"American duo wins 2006 Nobel physics prize Reuters A list of related stories from Physics Today is available. This list will continue to be updated throughout the day. Last update 4:06 EST. Physics Today articlesCOBE leader and team share cosmology prize, October 2006 ( secure html , free pdf )New Cosmic Microwave Background Results Strengthen the Case for Inflationary Big Bang Cosmology, May 2006 ( secure html , free pdf )WMAP Spacecraft Maps the Entire Cosmic Microwave Sky With Unprecedented Precision, April 2003 ( secure html , free pdf )Observing the Cosmic Microwave Background at High Resolution Bolsters the Inflationary Big Bang Scenario, August 2002 ( secure html )The Cosmic Rosetta Stone, November 1997 ( free pdf )COBE Measures Anisotropy in Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, June 1992 ( free pdf )Cobe Satellite Finds No Hint of Excess in the Cosmic Microwave Background, March 1990 ( free pdf ) Further information from the Nobel Foundation